Finance

Is there such a thing as a ‘good’ or ‘bad’ recession?

2020-08-24

How can the economic outlook appear so bleak, while economists remain upbeat? Not all recessions affect people equally.

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Fiscal Policies for a Transformed World

2020-07-21

Policymakers should tackle the rising poverty and inequality, as well as the structural weaknesses exposed by the crisis to better prepare for future shocks.

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Locking China Out of the Dollar System

2019-10-23

By broadening the nexus between economic interest and national security, Trump is encouraging the decoupling of the worlds two largest economies and the emergence of a bipolar world order led by rival hegemons.

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The Return of Fiscal Policy

2019-09-23

With interest rates at record lows and global growth set to continue decelerating, there has rarely been a better time for governments to invest in infrastructure and other sources of...

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Can UBI Survive Financialization?

2019-06-17

If a universal basic income is used primarily to service debt and secure new loans, it cannot fulfill its promise as a revolutionary pathway to freedom from the whip of the market

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What if Zero Interest Rates Are the New Normal?

2019-04-01

The valid insight behind "modern monetary theory" – that governments and central banks together can always create nominal demand

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How HR Leaders Can Win a Seat at the Table

2018-06-14

"Our people are our greatest asset."

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Overcoming the Politics of Pessimism

2018-06-06

Pessimism afflicts those who have lost out economically

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Managing the Risks of a Rising Dollar

2018-05-15

Some may view the US dollar’s appreciation as consistent with a longer-term rebalancing of the global economy. But, as Argentina’s recent request for IMF financing starkly demonstrates

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What is sustainable finance?

2018-04-19

Environmental, social and governance issues are now a major factor in investment

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The “free” economy comes at a cost

2017-08-28

But economists struggle to work out how much

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The Economic Role of the State According to Imam Shirazi Thoughts

2017-08-08

Individuals have the right and the freedom to own whatever they like of production means

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A Bridge to Universal Education

2017-04-24

Bold plan by IFFEd to ensure that all of the world’s 1.6 billion boys and girls are in school and learning

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Leaked Records Show Shell’s Complicity in Massive Oil Corruption Scandal

2017-04-14

Subsequent conversation sheds light on Shell’s complicity in one of the largest corruption scandals in Big Oil’s history

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Helicopter Money Is in the Air

2016-09-23

GDP has hardly grown in the last four years, and GDP per capita is still less than it was in 2007

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The Overselling of Financial Transaction Taxes

2016-06-07

Assuming that interest rates on the national debt eventually rise, taxes will need to go up, urgently on the wealthy but some day on the middle class

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Leveraging Islamic Finance for Sustainable Development

2016-06-05

Islamic finance has important advantages over conventional financial products

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